Morris sends Thiselton-Dyer some tree fern stems for the growth of orchids, as suggested by Joseph Hooker, and offers more if required. As the Nevilles are visiting, Morris may travel with Mr Neville to Trinidad and Grenada to see the cacao cultivation there. Morris expects cacao will be his 'next hobby in Jamaica' and he is eager to gather all the information he can on the industry. He expects to be home some time next year and hopes the Colonial Office will not force him to go to St Helena; he would prefer to spend some time working on the Jamaican Flora at RBG Kew. Morris asks Thiselton-Dyer for his opinion on the St Helena situation, which he believes to be 'a bore'. Morris's orchid collection is coming along quite well and he has made arrangements to get canes from Mauritius. He describes the recent changes to the sugar industry, which will prevent plantations from making the 'fortunes of the older days' but will still allow sugar to become a lucrative business in Jamaica. There are still 220 sugar mills according to the JAMAICA HANDBOOK and, though they are good investments, Morris hopes to supplement their cultivation with other new plants. Morris outlines his plans for the Island in his Annual Report, which he hopes will be published soon. His collectors, Harris and Elliot, are doing well and have been assigned specific districts in which to collect. He concludes by describing the avenue of Oreodoxa regia he is creating at King's House. Pages 1 and 4 of 8.

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